“We wanted to forget about the EASL.” League-leading TNT picks up where it left off in the PBA Governors' Cup despite coming off a disastrous run in the East Asia Super League Champions Week.
TNT, though, returned to the PBA with aplomb and extended its winning streak to seven games with a“We wanted to forget about the EASL,” said Lastimosa in Filipino.
That forgettable EASL campaign looked like it left a residue as the Tropang Giga trailed 19-27 against the Batang Pier at the end of the opening quarter. Hollis-Jefferson showed the way in the rout with 31 points, 11 rebounds, 4 steals, and 3 assists – the kind of production the Tropang Giga sorely missed in the EASL.
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